See also: hatif and hâtif

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ه ت ف (h-t-f)

Derived from the active participle of the verb هَتَفَ (hatafa, to shout, to call out).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

هَاتِف (hātifm (plural هَوَاتِف (hawātif))

  1. shouting, calling loudly
  2. voice
  3. telephone
  4. loudspeaker
  5. (in the plural) exclamations, shouts, cries, calls

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Verb edit

هَاتَفَ (hātafa) III, non-past يُهَاتِفُ‎ (yuhātifu)

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Conjugation edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “هتف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN